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| Ukraine appoints new army chief |
| 2021-08-25 |
| Direct translation via Google Translate. Edited. [UAWire] Major General, Valery Zaluzhny has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, replacing Ruslan Khomchak. General Zaluzhny was formerly Commander of the Pivnich (North) Operational Command. Khomchak headed the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for two years. He says that during this time, the Ukrainian army has become closer to NATO and is ready to respond to a possible escalation by Russia. Khomchak led the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Ilovaisk in 2014, for which he is often criticized because of the huge losses of the Ukrainian military. Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Khomchak head of the General Staff immediately after assuming the presidency.. President Zelensky wants to see synergy between the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said presidential press secretary Serhiy Nikiforov. Khomchak moves to the post of First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. The new Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Zaluzhny was born on July 8, 1973, in the city of Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region. Zaluzhny has been in the Donbas since 2014. "For me, the war began in mid-July 2014, when I was appointment a deputy commander of sector C, formed in the Donetsk region. Since then, I led almost all the army units that were created there. I reached the position of Chief of Staff of the Joint Forces Operation," Zaluzhny said. In 2017, Zaluzhny became Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander of the Operational Command West of the Land Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and in 2018, Chief of the Joint Operational Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces Operation. On December 9, 2019, Zaluzhny became the commander of Operational Command North. Related: Zelensky: 2021-08-11 Returning Crimea to Ukraine, any reparations out of the question, Russian senator says Zelensky: 2021-08-05 Zakharova remarked on statements of the French Foreign Minister about neo-Nazism in Ukraine Zelensky: 2021-08-03 American corruption: the Russian view Related: Donbas: 2021-08-22 Review: Sunshine: a film about an unfinished war Donbas: 2021-08-14 The special regiment Nazis in the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine: the combat history of militants Donbas: 2021-08-12 Protasevich's talk with Lugansk investigators to advance case against him |
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